The relationship between eating attitudes, social anxiety, body-satisfaction and self-esteem in young women with and without disordered eating attitudes

dc.contributor.authorDale, Karen Lee
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-18T01:27:08Z
dc.date.available2021-10-18T01:27:08Z
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.description.abstractIn a study investigating the relationship of self-evaluations to the co-occurrence of disordered eating and social anxiety, eating attitudes, social anxiety, body-satisfaction and self-esteem were examined in a non-clinical population composed of 224 young women. Survey results revealed high levels of social anxiety and disordered eating, and positive correlations between all variables for all subjects. Division of subjects into disordered eaters and normal eaters showed that body-satisfaction and self esteem were predictive of social anxiety for each group, but that eating attitudes and social anxiety were unrelated when these two variables were partialled out. Socially anxious disordered eaters had significantly lower self-esteem than those who were not socially anxious, supporting our prediction that comorbidity is more likely to arise when both body-satisfaction and self-esteem are low. Results were interpreted within the context of a model integrating both the self-presentational and evolutionary approaches to social anxiety with an 'escape' perspective on psychopathology. The study suggests that poor self-evaluations contribute to the adolescent's inability to cope with societal demands, highlighting the need for development of internal sources of self-esteem among young women.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/102725
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/11859
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterburyen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserveden
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectEating disorders--Psychological aspectsen
dc.subjectEating disorders in adolescence--Psychological aspectsen
dc.subjectBody image--Psychological aspectsen
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectSelf-esteem in womenen
dc.subjectDieters--Psychologyen
dc.titleThe relationship between eating attitudes, social anxiety, body-satisfaction and self-esteem in young women with and without disordered eating attitudesen
dc.typeTheses / Dissertationsen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
uc.bibnumber445649en
uc.collegeFaculty of Scienceen
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